(A) Private property. No person shall stick or post any advertisement, poster, sign, handbill or placard of any kind on any building, vehicle, tree, post, fence, billboard or other structure or thing which is the private property of another without permission of the occupant or owner of the same, or paint, mark, write, print or impress, or in any manner attach, any notice or advertisement or the name of any commodity or thing or any trade mark, symbol or figure of any kind upon anything which is the property of another without first obtaining permission of the owner of such thing.
(B) Public property. No person shall stick, post or attach any advertisement, poster, sign, handbill or placard of any kind on any telegraph, telephone, railway or electric light pole within the corporate limits or upon any public building, vehicle, voting booth, flagging, curb, tree lawn, walk, step, stone or sidewalk, or write, print or impress, or in any manner attach, any notice or advertisement of any kind upon any public building, voting booth, flagging, curb, tree lawn, step, stone or sidewalk, the property of the municipality or within the street lines of the municipality or over which the municipality or Council has the care, custody or control, except as hereinafter provided or such as may be required by the laws of the state or the ordinances of the municipality.
(1) This section shall not prevent any such attachment of any signs by the municipality for traffic-control purposes or any such other purpose as determined to be necessary by the municipality.
(2) Banners, for civic purposes, may be connected to utility poles, or as may otherwise be permitted, for the purpose of extension across roadways and may be so extended across roadways within the municipality, upon approval of the Chief of Police. The Chief of Police shall consider the purpose, the nature of the banner (i.e., size, shape, color, material, etc.) the manner of attachment, traffic and other safety concerns and any other factors he deems relevant in determining whether any such banner shall be approved. Any person disagreeing with a decision of the Chief of Police, under this section may appeal to Council. The decision of a majority of Council shall be determinative.
(C) Penalty. Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.
(`94 Code, § 541.09) (Ord. 20-84, passed 8-30-84) Penalty, see § 130.99